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House passes CISPA cyberthreat sharing bill, despite privacy concerns

One opponent has expressed worries that the bill would create a 'Wild West of information sharing'

One in 10 second-hand hard drives in U.K. contain personal data

Survey by U.K. agency finds that 65% sell or give away their personal devices to others, many without scrubbing data

Most of the Internet’s top 200,000 HTTPS websites are insecure, Trustworthy Internet Movement says

Seventy-five percent of HTTPS websites from Alexa's top one million are vulnerable to the BEAST SSL attack

BYOD could hurt Windows Phone growth

Analysts dial back expectations for Windows Phone, citing BYOD trend as contributing factor.

Users: Oracle Exadata’s speed comes at a price

Exadata delivers the processing speed Oracle has touted, but at high expense and with sizable technical requirements, users say

Macs more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, study finds

Seventy-five percent of Mac OS X infections involve a Flashback variant, Sophos finds

Tech Training Targeted by Education Department

Florida university plan to ‘decimate’ computer science draws protest

The University of Florida in Gainesville is warned that impact may extend to business community

Russia-speaking cybercriminals earned $4.5 billion in 2011, researchers estimate

Russian mafia took control and professionalized online crime in 2011, the report said

Are BYOD Workers More Productive?